Sundae Surprise by DC Juris

Title:  Sundae Surprise (Dream Come True)

Author: D C Juris

Publisher:  Breathless Press

Publication Date:  2010

ISBN:  978-1-926771-59-5

Genre:  Contemporary/GLBT

Length:  15 pages

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Rating: 4.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic

Other: M/M, sex games

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Date: 10-12-10

Oh my! Get out a fan to read this one!

Dean has been looking forward to having a day to himself with his roommate gone, planning a little “special fun private time.” He is a sexually frustrated gay man living with a straight man he has the hots for. Even more frustrating, his roommate comes home unexpectedly and…

Rick is bi and thought his roommate of three years knew it and just wasn’t interested in him. But there is no time like the present to fix that misunderstanding.

For a very short story, this was hot, hot, hot and fun as well.

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Pelota! by Sarah Black

Title:  Pelota! A Basque-Inuit Love Story

Author:  Sarah Black

Publisher:  Changeling Press

Publication Date:  2010

ISBN:  978-1-59596-839-5

Genre:  Contemporary GLBT

Length: 15 pages

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Rating: 3.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Sweet

Other: GLBT

Reviewer:  S. K. Fero

Date: 10-1-10

Oliver has dreamed of being Basque all his life, but there is no Basque blood in his lineage. The fact doesn’t keep him from becoming an expert on all things Basque. When his college professors send him on an excavation of a Basque whaling ship sunk in a bay, he finally gets a chance to learn more first-hand. He meets Jack at the excavation and isn’t at all sure he likes the man, until they play a game of pelota.

Jack has dreamed of everything Inuit all his life. He is the top graduate Inuit researcher from another college sent to work on the excavation of the whaling ship. He is at first very competitive with Oliver concerning Basque issues and Inuit issues. A brief argument following a game of pelota brings the two young men closer.

The story was very short and the introduction to the characters brief. Their conflicts were based on their individual specialties and not really something to overcome. The heat of the moment after the pelota game was okay, but too brief. My main problem with this story was that there was too much background of the characters and information about the two cultures. For a longer story that would have been all right. I would have liked this to be a longer story and follow the growing relationship of the characters.

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The Princess's Bride by K.T. Grant

Title: The Princess’s Bride
Author: K.T. Grant
Publisher: Ravenous Romance
ISBN: ISBN-13:978-1-60777-356-6
Genre: Historical
Length: Novel
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Rating: 4.5 Diamonds
Heat Level: Erotic
Other: oral play, GLBT
Reviewer: Sky
Date: 9/5/10

Anyone who says a princess the housekeeper’s daughter can’t be together haven’t met Chelsey and Daisy. Although they come from different worlds, these two share a heart. But when Daisy’s daddy, the exiled king, finds out, he drives Chelsey away, and the two are separated by years and oceans. Which changes the equation to: can a princess and a pirate be together?

I enjoyed this story. K.T. Grant’s characters are likeable people, who I would love to know. Their devotion to each other under circumstances which are difficult at the very least, is charming, and the reader will feel their pain when they are separated. The villain, who I shall allow the reader to meet for herself, is a very bad person, and the backdrop of kingdoms and pirate ships will makes for a fun read. The reader will root for these women to find a way to be together, against all odds.

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